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hedge

(h/E//dZ/ )

a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
hedgerow

source: wordnet30
any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change(noun.possession)

Synonym:
hedging

source: wordnet30
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.(noun)

source: webster1913

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)(verb.communication)

Synonym:
circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt

source: wordnet30
hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge(verb.contact)

Example:
The animals were hedged in.

source: wordnet30
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges(verb.contact)

Example:
Hedge the property.

Synonym:
hedge in

source: wordnet30
minimize loss or risk(verb.change)

Example:
Diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks.
Hedge your bets.

source: wordnet30
To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.(verb)

source: webster1913
To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.(verb)

source: webster1913

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